Luthic/Time

Measurements

Day

The day (il dagu) consists of 24 hours (vintafidvor hore), being separeted in parts:

• 00:00 – 06:20: the dawn (l’alba)
• 06:20 – 13:00: the morning (il maurgnu or la maurgna)
• 13:00 – 18:20: the high day (l’altodagu) or simply the day (il dagu)
• 18:20 – 00:00: the night (il nattu)

Week

The week (la vica) consists of 7 days (siu dagi), each having its own name:

• Sunday: Informally called il sonnodagu, formally called la domenica
• Monday: Informally called il menanodagu, formally called il lunadagu
• Tuesday: Informally called il teivodagu, formally called il martedagu
• Wednesday: Informally called il vodnodagu, formally called il mercoledagu
• Thursday: Informally called il þondrodagu, formally called il giovedagu
• Friday: Informally called il fregiadagu, formally called il veneredagu
• Saturday: Informally called il satornodagu, formally called atha sabbato

Months of the Year

The month (il mese) consists of approximately 4 weeks (fidvor vice). A year (aino giar) has 12 months (tvelefe mesi), each with its own name:

• January: gennaiu, it has 31 days (trinta·aenu dagi)
• February: febbraiu, it has 28 days (vinta·attau dagi)
• March: marzu, it has 31 days (trinta·aenu dagi)
• April: aprile, it has 30 days (trinta dagi)
• May: maggiu, it has 31 days (trinta·aenu dagi)
• June: giugniu, it has 30 days (trinta dagi)
• July: giugliu, it has 31 days (trinta·aenu dagi)
• August: agostu, it has 31 days (trinta·aenu dagi)
• September: settembre, it has 30 days (trinta dagi)
• October: ottobre, it has 31 days (trinta·aenu dagi)
• November: novembre, it has 30 days (trinta dagi)
• December: dicembre, it has 31 days (trinta·aenu dagi)

Season

The year (atha giar) also has 4 seasons (fidvor stagioni), each has its own name:

• Spring: la fromavera, lasting from marzu to maggiu
• Summer: il somar, lasting from giugnu to agostu
• Autumn: il aütomnu, lasting from settembre to novembre
• Winter: il vintru, lasting from dicembre to febbraiu

Equinoxes-Solstices

• Spring equinox: aequinozzio di fromavera
• Summer solstice: solstizio di somari
• Autumn equinox: aequinozzio di aütomna
• Winter solstice: solstizio di vintra

Relative time

Present

The present (il presente):

• This hour: sa hora, nu (now)
• This day: so dagu

• Today: oggi

• This week: sa vica
• This month: so mese
• This year: þatha giar

Past

The past (il passatu):

• Last hour: giaena hora, faur (before)
• Last day: iere

• Ereyesterday: fauriere

• Last week: giaena vica
• Last month: giaenu mese
• Last year: giaeno giar

Future

The future (il futuru):

• Next hour: segguente hora
• Next day: gestradagu

• Overmorrow: dopogestradagu

• Next week: segguente vica
• Next month: segguente mese
• Next year: segguente giar

Telling the time

Minute

A minute (aeno minuto) consists of 60 seconds (sessanta secondi):

• I fidvor integri: a unit that stands for 15 minutes, often reduced to just i fidvor, plurale tantum
• Il mezzo: a unit that stands for 30 minutes, singulare tantum

Hour

An hour (aena hora) consists of 60 minutes (sessanta minuti), each hour has its own name deriving from a numeral stem:

• From 00:00 to 12:00 : AM (hora maurgine)

• 00:00 : ist la zephera maurgine

• 00:15 : ist la zephera ed i fidvor (integri) maurgine
• 00:30 : ist la zephera ed il mezzu maurgine

• 01:00 : ist l’aena maurgine
• 02:00 : ist la tva maurgine
• 03:00 : ist la þreisa maurgine
• 04:00 : ist la fidvora maurgine
• 05:00 : ist la fimfa maurgine
• 06:00 : ist la sesta maurgine
• 07:00 : ist la sia maurgine
• 08:00 : ist l’atta maurgine
• 09:00 : ist la nia maurgine
• 10:00 : ist la zia maurgine
• 11:00 : ist la aellefa maurgine
• 12:00 : ist la tvelefa maurgine

• From 12:00 to 23:59 : PM (hora natti)

• 00:00 : ist la zephera natti
• 01:00 : ist l’aena natti
• 02:00 : ist la tva natti
• 03:00 : ist la þreisa natti
• 04:00 : ist la fidvora natti
• 05:00 : ist la fimfa natti
• 06:00 : ist la sesta natti
• 07:00 : ist la sia natti
• 08:00 : ist l’atta natti
• 09:00 : ist la nia natti
• 10:00 : ist la zia natti
• 11:00 : ist la aellefa natti
• 12:00 : ist la tvelefa natti